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Old 03-27-2014, 06:56 PM
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Thanks Tim,Me to can't wait to fly it
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Today progress
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Old 03-29-2014, 06:47 PM
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Okay so after 6 hours of painting I have this.
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Old 03-30-2014, 07:10 AM
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Lookin good Sebastian, Don't forget the Stab/elevator........LOL
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Lookin' good Sebastian! I am going to need to put more rivets on mine……….Tim, I would hate to hand you a transmitter with the "F" word on it. Mr. Fun and Mr. Roth have the correct transmitters. We just need them to finish their Panthers. Two is nice but four would be better.
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So today I did some retracts setting and getting ideas for the front retract plate and mechanism.
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Old 04-09-2014, 04:52 AM
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OK more updates the nose landing gear plate.
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Old 04-09-2014, 05:22 PM
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Nice. It will soon be flying…... Hey Sebastian I saw you looking for Flite Metal in another post. Tony Mataitis in our club is out $160 with the Flite metal guy. Try here, they have lead and copper too…http://www.findtape.com/product360/J...Foil-Tape.aspx
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I'm out of transmitter for now my radio it's broken the memory and the main mother board it's no good so for now I'm looking to buy one ,looking for the DX -18 QQ or the generation II DX-18 witch is back order now till May ,so after the new radio I must do all new programming and maiden flights to all my jets
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OK I got new radio the jr18QQ .News to panther I was working on the nose gear plate reinforcement to hold the big fuselage when not so perfect landing.
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I like to speckled paint. Is it fuel proof?
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I have no idea just looks better than wood ,I did spray with primer and the speckled paint ,I think the paint is fuel proof but don't do much protection to the balsa against it,if you planning to paint you jet with the paint you must do primer before gray or black the texture paint have very bad covering and is half water clear with some sparkles .
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Not to much just plate for steering servo and under tank floor .and programming the new radio to my other jets.happy easter
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I did opening in inlets to move the gas tank close to the cg point as possible .looking good. This is 200oz tank ,looks small in this massive fuselage
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Old 04-19-2014, 03:57 AM
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Hello Sebastian, EXCELLENT PROJECT and workamnship. Look forward to the flight report. BTW, I had a fellow by the name of Jerry Bernard that said he was a friend of yours and he contacted me about one of my 1/4 Scale Vampire kits. I was hoping you could help with his contact info as he did not leave his ph. no. and the email address he provided is retruning mails back to me as undeliverable. Any help would be appreciated. If you do not konw of this fellow, my appologies.

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Kerry,
Jerry B here. Try. geraldsbernard@yahoo or gmail.com
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Hey Jerry ,

It would be cool to see a 1/4 Vampire in the neighborhood…………..Nice work on the Panther Sebastian. Test flight soon!!!
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Hi Joe,
We got a new bigger house in Plaifield now, it has a big basement that has a building area in it where I can set up shop.My CFO said to pull the trigger and start building on.The best part is I don't even have to sell any guitars to finance this project. I will have to figure out a way to transport it, it won't fit in the Solstice.LOL
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You will be first to know when the maiden flight ,for now I have slow progress to much work and wish to have more time for the panther ,the next is the turbine and pipe mount working on some template for the plywood rails .
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Long day today and more things finished.
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OK finished for today little polishing and paint inside.
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Mr Fun came over Friday evening and did some stuff to his Panther. He worked on securing his front hatch………. I worked on a flying Porsche. It will make a good air show act.
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Back to the panther project .just did plumbing and all works fine .New servos to the elevators little bit faster and the rudder servo .so I have 10-15 h to finish and get me diaper before the maiden flight .
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